IGP ORDERS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO ASSAULT ON FEMALE POLICE OFFICER

 

By Dr. Helen Chimezie

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has stepped into the case of the alleged assault on a female police officer in Osun State by her superior officer over alleged love advances,

The IGP has directed the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Faleye Olaleye, to investigate the alleged assault. 

A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi said the IGP would await the report of the investigation before taking necessary action.

 “We assure the general public that justice will be done in the case to protect the core values and ethics of the Nigeria Police Force,’’ Adejobi stated.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson in Osun State Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo on Wednesday, that the State Commissioner of Police had ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.

“The Commissioner of Police, Mr Faleye Olaleye, is aware of the video of a woman Inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele, allegedly assaulted by her Divisional Crime Officer, ASP Ajayi Mathew, in Ode-Omu division trending on social media.

“The commissioner has interviewed the police officers involved in this unprofessional act and consequently ordered a thorough investigation of the incident to unravel circumstances that led to the unethical behaviours.

“The commissioner of police is assuring the general public that justice will prevail on the matter,’’ she stated.

In the viral video, Inspector Bamidele showed injuries and blood stains all over her body.

She explained in the video that ASP Matthew assaulted her and threatened to kill her with a Dane gun because she refused his love advances towards her.

Inspector Bamidele also claimed that two police constables and 10 civilians were among those present when she was assaulted by ASP Mathew on Tuesday.

“What is my offence?’’ she queried in the video.

She claimed that ASP Mathew stripped her naked in the process “because he asked me out that I should befriend him, but I said `no’, that I am a married woman and he started beating me,” she said in the video.

 


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